[MD] conspiracy theories

[ian glendinning]

Gav,
In which case we're agreeing.

Unchecked by intellect, is a very telling phrase.
I think the fact is we have to support some kind of intellectual
elitism to get out of this mess, but we risk the practical problem of
who judges intellectual quality.

BTW Matt Bellamy of Muse is an incorrigible (literal) conspiray
theorist, but he may be closer to the truth with the line "The world
thinks they are to blame." in Map of the Problematique. "They" is
wonderfully ambiguous.

Ian

On 10/30/06, gav <gav_gc at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> hey ian,
>
> --- ian glendinning <psybertron at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Gav, somewhere at the start of this thread you said
> >
> > "So let us just say that sometimes the official
> > truth is a lie."
> >
> > I say the "official truth" is always a lie, as in,
> > not the truth.
> > The conspiracy though is not (often) in official
> > premeditated plots,
> > but in the conspiracy of the western psyche to
> > misunderstand what
> > reality is and to set misguided social demands on
> > how that "simple
> > SOMist truth" must be communicated and rationalised.
>
> i think i see what you are saying.
>
> the point i was trying to make is that we don't need
> official premeditation. we don't need evil masterminds
> or cabals to explain the state's actions against its
> own people. all we need is to understand the giant -
> its nature and methods. we then shift the
> responsibility for all these atrocities to an element
> of all our selves - the social level - that when left
> unchecked by intellect, develops pathologically. we
> are all to blame for war, terror, murder, etc if we
> let the giant run our lives: if we feed him rather
> than let him feed us.
>
> cheers
> gav
>